Texas legislature passes bill to expedite solar, energy storage permitting
The Texas House and Senate passed passed a bill that aims to curb unnecessary permitting delays and fast-track residential solar panel and energy storage installations. Unless vetoed by Gov. Abbott, the law will go into effect in September.
Anti-solar bills die in Texas House
Legislation that would “kill renewable energy in Texas” failed to progress in the state’s House of Representatives.
Solar strategist helps solar make sense of its policy ‘mess’
REC Americas strategy and policy director Brian Lynch, veteran of companies and roles that became roadkill of prior industry gyrations, plays rising role explaining its current policy morass.
Illinois considers clean energy package to tackle data center boom
Illinois lawmakers are working on an omnibus clean energy package that would introduce a Storage for All program, a Solar Bill of Rights, virtual power plant programs, to name a few.
Letter warns “significant quantities” of solar products could skip U.S. antidumping tariffs
A letter from the American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing said the U.S. Trade Commission must act quickly to ensure tariff rulings are in place before a temporary gap creates an opportunity for solar components to be imported duty-free.
Texas to require recycling of retired solar, wind projects
One of the biggest states for solar passed legislation to require the recycling of retired solar and wind projects, pending the governor’s approval.
In case you missed it: Six big solar stories in the news this week
pv magazine USA spotlights news of the past week including market trends, project updates, policy changes and more.
Illinois residents rally for big, bold clean energy bills
Hundreds of Illinois residents rallied at the state’s capitol to call on lawmakers to pass the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act and other clean energy bills by the end of the month.
Scaling distributed generation starts with smarter state policy
How well-crafted state policy can drive decarbonization in an evolving energy transition.
Advocacy can save the IRA and your job
Tor Valenza asks all 275,000 solar workers (plus all other clean energy workers) to take five minutes a day to call their senators and ask them to preserve all clean energy tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act.
